Transgender Activists Storm Iowa Capitol as Lawmakers Debate Removing ‘Gender Identity’ as Protected Class
Katherine Hamilton 27 Feb 2025
Transgender activists stormed the Iowa Capitol on Thursday as lawmakers consider a bill that would eliminate “gender identity” as a protected class from state civil rights law.
“Hundreds of Iowans again packed the Iowa Capitol rotunda to protest the bill, waving pride flags, holding signs and chanting ‘no hate in our state’ and ‘you represent us.’ A line of protesters led out the building’s door as more people waited to be let inside,” the Des Moines Register reported.
The massive protest followed a week of “heated debate” on the legislation, called House File 583, according to the report. That legislation would remove “gender identity,” — the false concept that one can identify or become a different sex than they were born as — as a protected class from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The Iowa Civil Rights Act shield Iowans from discrimination in education, employment, housing, and more.
The hearing was the public’s final opportunity to weigh-in on the legislation, according to the report. The Republican-control House and Senate are expected to vote on the bill on Thursday and send it to Gov. Kim Reynold’s (R) desk for final approval.
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